Land of Gold Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore Peter Sellars' San Francisco Opera production of John Adams' "Girls of the Golden West."
Explore Peter Sellars' San Francisco Opera production of John Adams' "Girls of the Golden West" set during Gold Rush. Go behind the scenes with cast members Julia Bullock, J'Nai Bridges and others as they bring the show to life on stage.
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Land of Gold Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore Peter Sellars' San Francisco Opera production of John Adams' "Girls of the Golden West" set during Gold Rush. Go behind the scenes with cast members Julia Bullock, J'Nai Bridges and others as they bring the show to life on stage.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWitness the creation of an opera... Opera about the Gold Rush.
with its composer, John Adams and its director, Peter Sellars.
Dazzling.
The difficulty of those people is the source of the comedy and the tragedy.
See how “Girls of the Golden West,” based on true tales told by real girls of the Golden West, came to be.
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Finding Joe Cannon in "Girls of the Golden West"
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John Adams and Peter Sellars describes how they found the character of Joe Cannon. (2m 25s)
The First Rehearsals of "Girls of the Golden West"
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John Adams describes the story behind San Francisco Opera’s “Girls of the Golden West,” (3m 29s)
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...